Coasts under threat, fisheries vulnerable: U.N.

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Reuters 4 Jun 08; ROME (Reuters) - High food prices may add pressure for more fishing along coasts where the environment faces threats from...

Spate of crocodile deaths in S.Africa's Kruger Park

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Yahoo News 4 Jun 08; Some 30 dead crocodiles have been found in South Africa's famous Kruger National Park and tests have begun to find...

Elephants caught in Sri Lanka war

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Roland Buerk, BBC News 3 Jun 08; "Gunshot wound, this is a gunshot wound, and this one, there are so many gunshot wounds," said S...

Afghanistan's natural environment a victim of war: activists

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Bronwen Roberts, Yahoo News 4 Jun 08; Years of war saw Afghanistan's forests levelled and its land polluted with fuel and mines, while ...

Kiribati likely doomed by climate change: president

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Yahoo News 5 Jun 08; The president of the low-lying Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati said Thursday his country may already be doomed becaus...

World Environment Day calls for end to CO2 addiction

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Gyles Beckford, Reuters 5 Jun 08; WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick an all-consuming addiction ...

Food, oil crises should not overshadow climate danger: UN

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Yahoo News 5 Jun 08; Crises over soaring food and oil prices should reinforce rather than distract from the need for action over climate ch...

Indonesian president calls for mass tree planting

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Yahoo News 5 Jun 08; Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono marked World Environment Day on Thursday with a call for citizens to mak...

Recycling boom adds to hazardous life of Cambodian children

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Lucie Lautredou, Yahoo News 4 Jun 08; Doctor Tuy Puthea was finishing his rounds one day in late March, inspecting a wound on the neck of a...

Climate change spurs scrap metal recycling

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Anna Stablum, Reuters 4 Jun 08; MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - The future looks rosy for scrap metal traders as the world's resources begin to...

U.S. cities, firms to push consumer climate fight

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Timothy Gardner, Reuters 4 Jun 08; NEW YORK (Reuters) - A campaign founded in Europe to help consumers fight climate change will be launche...

Drive less, ditch electric toothbrush: U.N. climate tips

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Alister Doyle, Reuters 4 Jun 08; ROME (Reuters) - Better insulation at home, less use of the car and even giving up an electric toothbrush ...